Multnomah used to be the last college Anne Partridge wanted to attend. Then a visit to campus changed her mind entirely. Now only months from graduating, she can't think of anywhere else she'd rather be.

"It became clear to me while I was at MU that you’re a caged bird until you find freedom in the Lord," Partridge says. "People think it’s the opposite — that Christianity is rules-based and legalistic, but it’s not. A free bird has the world at its wings." Read her story.